I just picked up a ca 1897-1898 (from camera and lens serial numbers) RB Cycle Graphic. The lens, in a B&L shutter, turned out, to my surprise, to be a Dagor. Did F&S commonly use Goerz lenses or was this a swap at some point (although serial numbers suggest camera and lens are contemporaries)?

Does anyone have a F&S catalog from this time period? The earliest I've been able to find is already from the Eastman years.

Based on the list you posted on LFF (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?41822-C-P-Goerz-Berlin-Serial-numbers-%28Dogmar%29) and the camera serial number in the 5500s, it would seem to be 1898-ish.